Theodotus II of Constantinople | |
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| Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| Church | Church of Constantinople |
| In office | 1151 – 1153 |
| Predecessor | Nicholas IV of Constantinople |
| Successor | Neophytus I of Constantinople |
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| Died | October 1154 (1154-11) |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Theodotus II of Constantinople, also known asTheodosius I (Greek:Θεόδοτος or Θεοδόσιος; died October 1154), was a 12th-centuryChristian cleric who served asEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1151 until 1153.
Theodotus was an abbot at the Monastery of the Resurrection inConstantinople. His two-year reign as Patriarch of Constantinople was uneventful, and he died in office. He was Patriarch during the rule ofByzantine emperorManuel I Comnenus.
A letter from theMetropolis of Ephesus, George Tornikes, to theArchbishopric of Athens, George Bourtzes, notes how Tornikes was nearly lynched by the "rude mass of the clergy ofHagia Sophia" when he objected to their plan to economise on Theodotus II's funeral expenses. The desire to deny him the full measure of state funeral may have been due to accusations that the Patriarch was aBogomil, an accusation leveled by thePatriarch-elect of Antioch,Soterichos Panteugenos, who used the dead Theodotus II's "black and withered hand" as evidence of his heresy.[1]John Kinnamos notes only that Theodotus II was "practiced in ascetic discipline".[2]
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| Preceded by | Patriarch of Constantinople 1151 – 1153 | Succeeded by |
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